Introduction

Few words of the All The Light blog

This blog presents my work done with Leica T (Typ 701) camera. All The Light is my treasure box where I store memories painted with light.

For this blog I’m working together with Finnish Leica importer Foka. We could say I’m Foka’s Leica T ambassador here in Finland. I will take part of some exhibitions and demonstartion sessions together with Foka in coming year. Also I’m here to answer possible questions asked via comments.

Leica wants to point out, that at the time I’m using the camera, the firmware is still in beta state, so some fine-tuning and modification might still happen, before the camera will be available. Personally I’ve come across only few minor bugs and so far got 3 updates that have made the camera even better.

EDITING
All my photos are edited (if not stated otherwise). Most of my work here is documentary or street style, so I’m not altering things in post, but the look I do fiddle quite a lot, so don’t expect receiving same result straight from the camera. Also this blog is not scientific research – those looking for such content, will find many sites for that kind of stuff. I’m using cameras as tools for my work and my intention is to use Leica T for my work when it suits the intention.

HELSINKI365
I’m currently working with a year long project called HELSINKI365, together with Helsinki Marketing Ltd, where I document everyday life in Helsinki. I conducted HELSINKI365 first time in 2012, and my main tool back then was Leica M9-P. Now when to project started again in November 2013, my main tool had been upgraded to Leica M (Typ 240). The new T is natural continuity for exploring Helsinki through the Leica camera’s.

Most of the time I shoot a lot more than just one photo that is used in the HELSINKI365 site. This blog’s intention is also to feature those photos left outside the final selection.

Jussi Hellsten is Helsinki, Finland based commercial documentary photographer, video editor and cinematographer. Jussi loves adventures and new experiences. He doesn’t mind waking up before sunrise to take photographs. Jussi’s portfolio site can be found here: www.jussihellsten.com.